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Fayetteville, Ar, Us

United States

Applied an entrepreneurial spirit and expertise in workforce utilization solutions to launch a transformative staffing service providing employee placement services to meat and food processing sectors. Forged sustainable partnerships with targeted companies to customize staffing solutions, identify job placement needs, and conduct potential employee screenings.

Promoted to lead cross-functional operations for poultry processing Accountable for meeting and exceeding production objectives, enforcing rigid quality control standards, and fostering a safety-centric workplace culture.Entrusted with procurement of materials, maintenance, and equipment repairs and administering an annual operating budget of $60 million. Ensured an adequate supply chain and timely delivery of products to national retailers.

Springdale, Arkansas

Ensured biosecurity practices were enforced to protect chicks from disease-causing organisms vital to maintaining a healthy bird population within the hatchery. Consistently received an A rating from USDA inspectors by rigorously enforcing records of outside traffic control, maintaining industrial hygiene standards, and properly storing dry feed to protect against potential sources of germs. Recognized for achieving zero recorded injuries for the 2019 fiscal year.

Rogers, Arkansas

Collaborated with finance and accounting teams to improve cost performance leveraging a modernized enterprise cost system (3C software). This increased line efficiency, yields, and total facility throughput improving accuracy in total variances.Proactively liaised with customers, plant schedulers, and other senior management teams to address potential quality control issues. Conducted root cause analysis to identify problems and implement corrective actions to mitigate potential risks. Instrumental in driving a safety-first culture reducing recordable incidents by 40% from the prior year.

Morton, Mississippi

Managed a six-line Par-Fry plant that produced over 4 million pounds of ready-to-cook chicken products per week. Accountable for a multifunctional team of 35 management personnel and over 700 hourly employees. Aggressively controlled costs and minimized waste by meticulously reviewing customer orders daily to prevent shortages and properly rotating raw materials. Leveraged Lean principles and teaching tools that reduced unnecessary labor by 5% while increasing production yields by over 1%. Minimized single points of system failures by performing root cause analysis that increased equipment uptime by 2%.

Douglas, Georgia

Accountable for plant operations (big bird deboning) for one of the largest chicken producers in the U.S. Managed a cross-functional team consisting of two shift managers, six area managers, 20 supervisors, and over 1,000 hourly team members processing over 1.3 million birds per week. Facilitated Lean 5S principles throughout the plant that increased line efficiency by 20% while reducing labor and process reworks. Collaboratively monitored capital projects with the maintenance manager to ensure new machinery and equipment were installed on time and within budget.

Blountsville, Alabama

Oversaw three general production managers and eight production supervisors to implement process improvements. Trained new management team members on safety, production standards, and team building adhering to USDA guidelines. Increased efficiency on the poultry trussing line by conducting one-on-one training on automated systems that increased production by 20% while reducing labor costs. Collaborated with accounting to streamline billing for providers by ensuring transactions on the production floor aligned with SAP EIM data.

Springdale, Arkansas

Provided ongoing training to multifunctional teams to bolster supply chain and logistics operations. This included shipping, receiving, production, and quality assurance. Played a vital role in modernizing procurement, quality control processing, and materials management by implementing new SAP ERP components (MM and QM). Provided hands-on training to new users, conducted testing, and generated data to ensure proper system functionality.

Berryville, Arkansas

Supervised production lines for full-cooked products throughout the facility monitoring food and people safety, quality, finished product yields, and line efficiency. Empowered individuals to take accountability for higher levels of safety performance recording zero incidents during this period.